The hydropower sector retained access to federal tax credits in the GOP tax bill passed this summer. But the industry is confronting a once-in-a-generation problem too.
One reason is that demand has surged from electrifying vehicles and furnaces — and from the rush to build new data centers.
Access to energy when it’s most needed seemed to be on everyone’s mind at CERAWeek in Houston, research fellow Andy Uhler says.
A warm winter in Europe helped ease the transition.
Sand is an important material used in fracking for oil and gas. When prices dive and oil companies cut costs, sand mines shut down.
